165 resources

• [Lowell Mills]
  
  Lowell (Ma.) talk with Irene Simoneau, Franco-American historian and authority on the role of women in the mills. Professor Roger Paradis of Fort Kent (Me). talks about Franco-American folklore and music.
• [Festivals]
  
  The Lewiston Franco-American Festival. The Lowell (Ma.) ethnic Festival. The second annual Old Town (Me.) Franco-American Festival featuring storytelling by Bill Gangon [sic], music by Simon St. Pierre, a wood-chopping contest and an interview with a retired woodcutter from 'French Island' in Old Town. Ray Pelletier talks to two teachers about Franco-American studies in Waterville (Me.) . An overview of the arts and crafts fair in Manchester (NH).
• Bon Soir Mes Amis
  
  Film about the music of Lionel 'Toots' Bouthot, keyboard and guitar player, and Ben Guillemette, fiddler. Franco-American musicians from Maine, includes footage of dances and festivals. They talk about their cultural background, how they came to play music, and about their partnership, which breaks up during the shooting of the film. Includes French and English language singing, line dancing with senior citizens in a community center, square dancing in a gym, the Lowell, Mass., folk festival, La Kermesse Franco-Americaine in Biddeford, Me., and the Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C.
• Vie, La (Lowell, MA, 1892/05/??-????/??/??)
  
• Vers L'Idéal (Worcester, MA, 1912/11/00-1923/06/00)
  
• Vérité, La (Lowell, MA, 1910/08/15-1910/11/19)
  
• Union, L' (Lowell, MA, 1889/03/01-1890/04/??)
  
• Travailleur, Le (Worcester, MA, 1931/09/10-1978/10/00)
  
• Travailleur, Le (Worcester, MA, 1874/10/16-1892/12/13)
  
• Supplément du Bulletin Paroissial Franco-Américain de Lowell, Mass. (Lowell, MA, 1911/00/00-1916/??/??)
  
• Soleil, Le (Lowell, MA, 1888/10/??-1888/11?)
  
• Sentinelle, La (Lowell, MA, 1879/??/??-1880/01/??)
  
• Revue, La (Lowell, MA, 1902/08/07?-1906/??/??)
  
• Réveil, Le (Worcester, MA, 1895/05/03-1897/??/??)
  
• Réveil, Le (Worcester, MA, 1894?-1894?)
  
• Réveil, Le (Lowell, MA, 1908/09/14-1908/10?)
  
• République, La (Lowell, MA, 1901/03/21-1902?)
  
• République, La (Lowell, MA, 1876?-1876?)
  
• Républicain, Le (Worcester, MA, 1892/03/19-1892/??/??)
  
• Prince Carnaval et Christophe Colomb, Le (Worcester, MA, 1886?-1892?)
  
• Petite Revue, La (Lowell, MA, 1910/??/??-1913/??/??)
  
• Petit Journal, Le (Lowell, MA, 1898/11/27-????/??/??)
  
• Patriote, Le (Lowell, MA, 1910/01/04-1910/01/15)
  
• Passe-Temps, Le (Worcester [?], MA, 1895/??/??-1897/??/??)
  
• Paresseux, Le (Worcester, MA, 1876/00/00-1878/00/00)
  
• Opinion Publique, L' (Worcester, MA, 1893/01/27-1931/06/30)
  
• National, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/06/13-1895/10/04)
  
• Mon journal (Worcester, MA, 1907/11/30-1907/11/30)
  
• Lanterne Magique, La (Worcester, MA, 1875/07/00-1875/11/??)
  
• Journal du dimanche, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/04/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Journal du commerce, Le (Lowell, MA, 1884/04/??-1885/04/??)
  
• Journal de Lowell, Le (Lowell, MA, 1975/02/00-1995/12/00)
  
• Journal de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale canadienne-française de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, Le (Lowell, MA, 1891/00/00-1891/00/00)
  
• Journal, Le (Lowell, MA, 1916/04/02-1916/06/25?)
  
• Journal, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/12/07-1907/12/07)
  
• Jour, Le (Worcester, MA, 1895/12/00-????/??/??)
  
• Jean-Baptiste, Le (Worcester, MA, 1891/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Indépendance, L' (Lowell, MA, 1890/04/04-1890/09/19?)
  
• Impartial, L' (Worcester, MA, 1869/??/??-1869?)
  
• Idée Nouvelle, L' (The New Idea) (Burlington, VT; Worcester, MA, 1869/05/27?-1869/07/??)
  
• Gazette, La (Lowell, MA, 1886/??/??-1887/01?)
  
• Franco-Américain, Le (Lowell, MA, 1906/12/16?-1907/??/??)
  
• Foyer Canadien, Le (Worcester, MA, 1873/03/18-1874/09/21)
  
• Fou, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/10/30-1907/10/30)
  
• Farceur, Le (Lowell, MA, 1887/??/??-1887/??/??)
  
• Étoile, L' (Lowell, MA, 1886/09/16-1957/08/09)
  
• Étendard National et le Protecteur Canadien, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1871/10/19-1871/12/28)
  
• Étendard National, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1872/01/04-1874/12/24)
  
• Étendard National, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1869/11/03-1871/10/18)
  
• Écho du Canada, L' (Lowell, MA, 1875/01/02-1875/11/06)
  
• Écho du Canada, L' (Boston [Fall River; Lowell], MA, 1875/01/02-1875/06/05)
  
• Écho de la CMAC [Corporation des membres de l'Association catholique de Lowell, Massachusetts], L' (Lowell, MA, 1953/??/??-1969/??/??)
  
• Démocrate, Le (Worcester, MA, 1912/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Courrier du Nouveau Monde, Le (Worcester, MA, 1891/06/13-1891/06/13)
  
• Courrier du Connecticut, Le (Lowell, MA, 1892/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Courrier de Worcester, Le (Worcester, MA, 1880/02/06-1892/00/00)
  
• Courrier, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/??/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Coq, Le (Worcester, MA, 1901/07/04-1901/??/??)
  
• Clairon, Le (Lowell, MA, 1905/??/??-1939/??/??)
  
• Citoyen, Le (Lowell, MA, 1936/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Canadien-Américain, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/04/14-1907/04/29)
  
• Bulletin paroissial franco-américain, Le (Lowell, MA, 1910/10/00-1948?)
  
• Bien public, Le (Worcester, MA, 1879/01/01?-1881/03/??)
  
• Bien public, Le (Lowell, MA, 1888/04/17-1888/05/01)
  
• B'lette, La (Lowell, MA, 1909/01/14-1910/05/27)
  
• Assumption=Assomption (Assumption) (Worcester, MA, 1958/09/00-)
  
• Assomption, L' (Assomption=Assumption) (Worcester, MA, 1924/01/00-1957/06/00)
  
• Artisan Canadien, L' (Lowell, MA, 1880/11/11-1881/??/??)
  
• Apôtre du Sacré-Cœur, L' (Worcester, MA, 1930/06/00-1933/12/00)
  
• Apôtre, L' (Worcester, MA, 1923/??/??-1929/??/??)
  
• Apostolat, L' (Lowell, MA, 1935/??/??-1953/??/??)
  
• Annales historiques, Les (Lowell, MA, 1892/06/15-1892/??/??)
  
• Almanach de l'Assomption, L' (Worcester, MA, 1924/12/00-1929/12/00)
  
• Abeille, L' (Lowell, MA, 1880/??/??-1884/??/??)
  
• LeMay, Gerald J. [CT Credit Union League]
  
  Gerald J. LeMay, Senior Consultant, Connecticut Credit Union League, 1964-1982; Vice-Pres., Board of Directors, Watertown Community Federal Credit Union, Watertown, Connecticut; Connecticut Credit Union League; Interview by Michael Chaney, June 28, 1984
• Phaneuf, Alda [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mrs. Alda Phaneuf, at the University of Connecticut for the Ethnic Heritage Project, April 9, 1975, by Holly Izard.
• Lowell Folklife Project collection - Finding Aid
  
  This year-long study conducted by the American Folklife Center yielded an ethnographic collection consisting of 196 hours of sound recordings covering a wide range of subjects and activities, including oral history interviews, religious services, musical events, parades and religious processions, ethnic festivals, ethnic restaurants, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours of sound recordings of musical events and oral history interviews were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. Collection materials also include correspondence; field notes; questionnaires; neighborhood maps; reports; publications; administrative files; interview transcripts; black-and-white photographic prints, contact sheets, and film negatives (ca. 10,000 images); and color slides and prints, (ca. 3,500 images) which documented community life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1988.
• [French Canadian Textile Worker]
  
• Worcester Employment Society and Craft Center records, 1883-1972 - Finding Aid
  
  Three volumes of minute books, 1883-1948, containing minutes, constitution, letters and annual reports; and newspaper clippings, 1949-1972, about the Craft Center.
• Oral history interview with Edouard Du Buron, 1993 March 9-May 13
  
  An interview with Edouard Du Buron conducted 1993 March 9-May 13, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Du Buron discusses his childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts in a poor family with an abusive father and his rearing in various Catholic orphanages; his loss of religion in his youth and growing up as a French-Canadian in New England; his career as a solo dancer in Boston (1925-32) and as a member of the Ruth St. Denis Troupe (1932-38); his dance career in New York City in the late 1930s and his job as a display designer at Filene's department store in Boston (1942-45).
• Worcester Parish Archives - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Worcester Parish Archives
• Rev. Richard Santerre Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Rev. Richard Santerre Collection
• Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique Mortuary Banner
  
  Photograph of USJB's mortuary banner, likely used at funerals or services for deceased members of the Caisse de Vieillards. Image captured by Knight, of Worcester, MA.
• Letter from an unknown USJB representative, to La Supérieur des Soeurs Franciscaines
  
  A letter from an unknown USJB representative, to La Supérieur des Soeurs Franciscaines of Worcester, MA, 30 July 1921. The letter provides interesting details about the USJB, and discussion regarding a new building on Thorne Street in Worcester, MA.
• 25ième Anniversaire de La Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis
  
  Dinner program for the 25ième Anniversaire de La Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis. Held at the Hotel Bancroft in Worcester, MA on 9 October 1921.The back cover of the program includes committee members' names.
• Letter from Cora Gatineau to Albert A. Belanger
  
  In this letter Cora Gatineau clarifies that her father Félix Gatineau is in the Louis Pasteur Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, recovering from an operation. She goes on to note that her father would like to see Belanger soon, at which time they can discuss the census he undertook.
• Letter from Ovide LeClair, to Félix Gatineau
  
  A letter to Félix Gatineau, from Ovide LeClair. Writing from Montana, LeClair included payment with his letter for a copy of Gatineau's "Histoire des Franco-Americains de Southbridge," and provided extensive details about Franco-Americans in the the northwestern states. He mentions two priests- Father Tougas from Worcester, Massachusetts, and Father LeClair from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Correspondence between Leslie P. Leland and Béatrice Tougas
  
  Correspondence between Leslie P. Leland and Béatrice Tougas, Daudelin's widow. Under the letter from Leslie P. Leland is a handwritten reply from Béatrice Tougas. The correspondence is regarding a memorial in Daudelin's honor.
• Letter from Herbert De Fossé, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Herbert De Fossé
• Letter from Herbert De Fossé, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Herbert De Fossé
• Letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Winthrop Crane.
• Letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Winthrop Crane.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
  
  A letter to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, from Dr. Daudelin. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to Hugo Dubuque.
  
  A letter to Hugo Dubuque, from Dr. Daudelin. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.
• Letter from Hugo Dubuque, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to Dr. Daudelin, from Hugo Dubuque. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.
• Letter from Louis Frechette, to Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to Dr. Daudelin, from Louis Frechette. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.